Community Risk Reduction Services
Community Risk Reduction Services
Overview
Baltimore City Community Risk Reduction Services (CRRS) is a public health measure that implements a harm reduction approach to preventing the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C, other infections, and opioid overdose deaths among people who use drugs. The mission of CRRS is to deliver free and confidential quality HIV prevention and harm reduction education and services in communities within Baltimore City, via mobile and other outreach methods, in a non-judmental manner that reduces the impacts of drug use among high-risk individuals and the general public.
CRRS houses BCHD's Syringe Services Program (SSP) and the Overdose Response/Staying Alive Program. Both program teams collaborate to help Baltimoreans with substance use disorders overcome and manage their addiction. Program services include linking people to drug treatment services, counseling and testing for HIV and syphillis, and opioid overdose response training. SSP services are provided in mobile vehicles at 17 locations totaling 32 shifts per week including evenings and Saturdays.
The vision for Community Risk Reduction Services is to expand the capacity and accessibility to a continuum of comprehensive harm reduction-centered services for all individuals with substance use disorders in Baltimore City, and surrounding jurisdictions.
Contact Information:
Derrick Hunt, Director
Jeffrey Long, Deputy Director
Rania Mohamed, Assistant Director
Phone: 410-396-3733
Email: CommunityRiskReductionServices@baltimorecity.gov
Hours and locations, Last updated March 27th, 2024. To access The Baltimore City Syringe Service Program (SSP) Newsletter - Spring 2024 please click here.
| Hours of Operation | Location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Monroe & Ramsay Washington Blvd & Inverness | ||||
| Monday 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Monroe & Ramsay Washington Blvd & Inverness | ||||
| Monday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Baltimore & Conkling | ||||
| Monday 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Milton & McElderry | ||||
| Tuesday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Montford & Biddle Carey & Hollins | ||||
| Tuesday, 10:30 AM- 11:30 PM | Maryland & 21st Druid Hill Clinic (Side Lot) | ||||
| No Evening Services on Tuesday | No Evening Services on Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Monroe & Ramsay Freemont & Laurens | ||||
| Wednesday 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Monroe & Ramsay Freemont & Laurens | ||||
| Wednesday 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Wednesday 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Washington Blvd & Inverness | ||||
| Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Wallbrook & Dennison Park Heights & Spaulding | ||||
| Thursday 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | North & Druid Hill Fulton & Baker | ||||
| Thursday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | North & Druid Hill | ||||
| Thursday 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Baltimore and Gay (The Block) | ||||
| Friday 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Milton & McElderry Freemont & Laurens | ||||
| Friday 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Milton & McElderry Brooklyn (Patapsco & 6th) | ||||
| Friday 5:00 PM- 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM- 10:30 PM | Monroe & Ramsay | ||||
| Saturday 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Fremont & Riggs | ||||
PLEASE NOTE: CRRS Programs including the Syringe Service Program mobile sites will be closed on the Baltimore City holidays. Please open schedule link above for closing dates located on the bottom of the SSP schedule.
Overdose Response Program - Staying Alive Program
The following Reproductive Health Services are offered on the 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month:
- Emergency Contraceptives
- Plan B pill
- HIV and STI testing + treatment
- Pregnancy Testing
- Vaginal and yeast infections
- Pap Smears + breast exams
- Sexual health and contraceptive education
Volunteer Program
Volunteer for Needle Exchange!
Interested students who would like information on volunteering and completing an application can contact Program Assistant, Cicely Franklin, via email by clicking here.
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